Cyber Threat Intelligence

Author : Scott J Roberts,Rebekah Brown
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781491935194

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Intelligence-Driven Incident Response by Scott J Roberts,Rebekah Brown Pdf

Using a well-conceived incident response plan in the aftermath of an online security breach enables your team to identify attackers and learn how they operate. But, only when you approach incident response with a cyber threat intelligence mindset will you truly understand the value of that information. With this practical guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of intelligence analysis, as well as the best ways to incorporate these techniques into your incident response process. Each method reinforces the other: threat intelligence supports and augments incident response, while incident response generates useful threat intelligence. This book helps incident managers, malware analysts, reverse engineers, digital forensics specialists, and intelligence analysts understand, implement, and benefit from this relationship. In three parts, this in-depth book includes: The fundamentals: get an introduction to cyber threat intelligence, the intelligence process, the incident-response process, and how they all work together Practical application: walk through the intelligence-driven incident response (IDIR) process using the F3EAD process—Find, Fix Finish, Exploit, Analyze, and Disseminate The way forward: explore big-picture aspects of IDIR that go beyond individual incident-response investigations, including intelligence team building

Author : Florian Skopik
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781315397887

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Collaborative Cyber Threat Intelligence by Florian Skopik Pdf

Threat intelligence is a surprisingly complex topic that goes far beyond the obvious technical challenges of collecting, modelling and sharing technical indicators. Most books in this area focus mainly on technical measures to harden a system based on threat intel data and limit their scope to single organizations only. This book provides a unique angle on the topic of national cyber threat intelligence and security information sharing. It also provides a clear view on ongoing works in research laboratories world-wide in order to address current security concerns at national level. It allows practitioners to learn about upcoming trends, researchers to share current results, and decision makers to prepare for future developments.

Author : Ali Dehghantanha,Mauro Conti,Tooska Dargahi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319739519

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Cyber Threat Intelligence by Ali Dehghantanha,Mauro Conti,Tooska Dargahi Pdf

This book provides readers with up-to-date research of emerging cyber threats and defensive mechanisms, which are timely and essential. It covers cyber threat intelligence concepts against a range of threat actors and threat tools (i.e. ransomware) in cutting-edge technologies, i.e., Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing and mobile devices. This book also provides the technical information on cyber-threat detection methods required for the researcher and digital forensics experts, in order to build intelligent automated systems to fight against advanced cybercrimes. The ever increasing number of cyber-attacks requires the cyber security and forensic specialists to detect, analyze and defend against the cyber threats in almost real-time, and with such a large number of attacks is not possible without deeply perusing the attack features and taking corresponding intelligent defensive actions – this in essence defines cyber threat intelligence notion. However, such intelligence would not be possible without the aid of artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced data mining techniques to collect, analyze, and interpret cyber-attack campaigns which is covered in this book. This book will focus on cutting-edge research from both academia and industry, with a particular emphasis on providing wider knowledge of the field, novelty of approaches, combination of tools and so forth to perceive reason, learn and act on a wide range of data collected from different cyber security and forensics solutions. This book introduces the notion of cyber threat intelligence and analytics and presents different attempts in utilizing machine learning and data mining techniques to create threat feeds for a range of consumers. Moreover, this book sheds light on existing and emerging trends in the field which could pave the way for future works. The inter-disciplinary nature of this book, makes it suitable for a wide range of audiences with backgrounds in artificial intelligence, cyber security, forensics, big data and data mining, distributed systems and computer networks. This would include industry professionals, advanced-level students and researchers that work within these related fields.

Author : Aaron Roberts
Publisher : Apress
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1484272196

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Cyber Threat Intelligence by Aaron Roberts Pdf

Understand the process of setting up a successful cyber threat intelligence (CTI) practice within an established security team. This book shows you how threat information that has been collected, evaluated, and analyzed is a critical component in protecting your organization’s resources. Adopting an intelligence-led approach enables your organization to nimbly react to situations as they develop. Security controls and responses can then be applied as soon as they become available, enabling prevention rather than response. There are a lot of competing approaches and ways of working, but this book cuts through the confusion. Author Aaron Roberts introduces the best practices and methods for using CTI successfully. This book will help not only senior security professionals, but also those looking to break into the industry. You will learn the theories and mindset needed to be successful in CTI. This book covers the cybersecurity wild west, the merits and limitations of structured intelligence data, and how using structured intelligence data can, and should, be the standard practice for any intelligence team. You will understand your organizations’ risks, based on the industry and the adversaries you are most likely to face, the importance of open-source intelligence (OSINT) to any CTI practice, and discover the gaps that exist with your existing commercial solutions and where to plug those gaps, and much more. What You Will Learn Know the wide range of cybersecurity products and the risks and pitfalls aligned with blindly working with a vendor Understand critical intelligence concepts such as the intelligence cycle, setting intelligence requirements, the diamond model, and how to apply intelligence to existing security information Understand structured intelligence (STIX) and why it’s important, and aligning STIX to ATT&CK and how structured intelligence helps improve final intelligence reporting Know how to approach CTI, depending on your budget Prioritize areas when it comes to funding and the best approaches to incident response, requests for information, or ad hoc reporting Critically evaluate services received from your existing vendors, including what they do well, what they don’t do well (or at all), how you can improve on this, the things you should consider moving in-house rather than outsourcing, and the benefits of finding and maintaining relationships with excellent vendors Who This Book Is For Senior security leaders in charge of cybersecurity teams who are considering starting a threat intelligence team, those considering a career change into cyber threat intelligence (CTI) who want a better understanding of the main philosophies and ways of working in the industry, and security professionals with no prior intelligence experience but have technical proficiency in other areas (e.g., programming, security architecture, or engineering)

Author : Zheng Xu,Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo,Ali Dehghantanha,Reza Parizi,Mohammad Hammoudeh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1453 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030152352

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Cyber Security Intelligence and Analytics by Zheng Xu,Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo,Ali Dehghantanha,Reza Parizi,Mohammad Hammoudeh Pdf

This book presents the outcomes of the 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security Intelligence and Analytics (CSIA2019), an international conference dedicated to promoting novel theoretical and applied research advances in the interdisciplinary field of cyber security, particularly focusing on threat intelligence, analytics, and countering cyber crime. The conference provides a forum for presenting and discussing innovative ideas, cutting-edge research findings, and novel techniques, methods and applications on all aspects of Cyber Security Intelligence and Analytics.

Author : Matt Doan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999035460

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The Art of Cyber Leadership by Matt Doan Pdf

Author : John Robertson,Ahmad Diab,Ericsson Marin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107185777

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Darkweb Cyber Threat Intelligence Mining by John Robertson,Ahmad Diab,Ericsson Marin Pdf

This book describes techniques and results in cyber threat intelligence from the center of the malicious hacking underworld - the dark web.

Author : Valentina Costa-Gazcón
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781838551636

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Practical Threat Intelligence and Data-Driven Threat Hunting by Valentina Costa-Gazcón Pdf

Get to grips with cyber threat intelligence and data-driven threat hunting while exploring expert tips and techniques Key Features Set up an environment to centralize all data in an Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) server that enables threat hunting Carry out atomic hunts to start the threat hunting process and understand the environment Perform advanced hunting using MITRE ATT&CK Evals emulations and Mordor datasets Book DescriptionThreat hunting (TH) provides cybersecurity analysts and enterprises with the opportunity to proactively defend themselves by getting ahead of threats before they can cause major damage to their business. This book is not only an introduction for those who don’t know much about the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and TH world, but also a guide for those with more advanced knowledge of other cybersecurity fields who are looking to implement a TH program from scratch. You will start by exploring what threat intelligence is and how it can be used to detect and prevent cyber threats. As you progress, you’ll learn how to collect data, along with understanding it by developing data models. The book will also show you how to set up an environment for TH using open source tools. Later, you will focus on how to plan a hunt with practical examples, before going on to explore the MITRE ATT&CK framework. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills you need to be able to carry out effective hunts in your own environment.What you will learn Understand what CTI is, its key concepts, and how it is useful for preventing threats and protecting your organization Explore the different stages of the TH process Model the data collected and understand how to document the findings Simulate threat actor activity in a lab environment Use the information collected to detect breaches and validate the results of your queries Use documentation and strategies to communicate processes to senior management and the wider business Who this book is for If you are looking to start out in the cyber intelligence and threat hunting domains and want to know more about how to implement a threat hunting division with open-source tools, then this cyber threat intelligence book is for you.

Author : John Soldatos,James Philpot,Gabriele Giunta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1680836862

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Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence for Critical Infrastructures Security by John Soldatos,James Philpot,Gabriele Giunta Pdf

Modern critical infrastructures comprise of many interconnected cyber and physical assets, and as such are large scale cyber-physical systems. Hence, the conventional approach of securing these infrastructures by addressing cyber security and physical security separately is no longer effective. Rather more integrated approaches that address the security of cyber and physical assets at the same time are required. This book presents integrated (i.e. cyber and physical) security approaches and technologies for the critical infrastructures that underpin our societies. Specifically, it introduces advanced techniques for threat detection, risk assessment and security information sharing, based on leading edge technologies like machine learning, security knowledge modelling, IoT security and distributed ledger infrastructures. Likewise, it presets how established security technologies like Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), pen-testing, vulnerability assessment and security data analytics can be used in the context of integrated Critical Infrastructure Protection. The novel methods and techniques of the book are exemplified in case studies involving critical infrastructures in four industrial sectors, namely finance, healthcare, energy and communications. The peculiarities of critical infrastructure protection in each one of these sectors is discussed and addressed based on sector-specific solutions. The advent of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is expected to increase the cyber-physical nature of critical infrastructures as well as their interconnection in the scope of sectorial and cross-sector value chains. Therefore, the demand for solutions that foster the interplay between cyber and physical security, and enable Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence is likely to explode. In this book, we have shed light on the structure of such integrated security systems, as well as on the technologies that will underpin their operation. We hope that Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection stakeholders will find the book useful when planning their future security strategies.

Author : Henry Dalziel
Publisher : Syngress
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780128027523

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How to Define and Build an Effective Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability by Henry Dalziel Pdf

Intelligence-Led Security: How to Understand, Justify and Implement a New Approach to Security is a concise review of the concept of Intelligence-Led Security. Protecting a business, including its information and intellectual property, physical infrastructure, employees, and reputation, has become increasingly difficult. Online threats come from all sides: internal leaks and external adversaries; domestic hacktivists and overseas cybercrime syndicates; targeted threats and mass attacks. And these threats run the gamut from targeted to indiscriminate to entirely accidental. Among thought leaders and advanced organizations, the consensus is now clear. Defensive security measures: antivirus software, firewalls, and other technical controls and post-attack mitigation strategies are no longer sufficient. To adequately protect company assets and ensure business continuity, organizations must be more proactive. Increasingly, this proactive stance is being summarized by the phrase Intelligence-Led Security: the use of data to gain insight into what can happen, who is likely to be involved, how they are likely to attack and, if possible, to predict when attacks are likely to come. In this book, the authors review the current threat-scape and why it requires this new approach, offer a clarifying definition of what Cyber Threat Intelligence is, describe how to communicate its value to business, and lay out concrete steps toward implementing Intelligence-Led Security. Learn how to create a proactive strategy for digital security Use data analysis and threat forecasting to predict and prevent attacks before they start Understand the fundamentals of today's threatscape and how best to organize your defenses

Author : Florian Skopik
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781315397894

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Collaborative Cyber Threat Intelligence by Florian Skopik Pdf

Threat intelligence is a surprisingly complex topic that goes far beyond the obvious technical challenges of collecting, modelling and sharing technical indicators. Most books in this area focus mainly on technical measures to harden a system based on threat intel data and limit their scope to single organizations only. This book provides a unique angle on the topic of national cyber threat intelligence and security information sharing. It also provides a clear view on ongoing works in research laboratories world-wide in order to address current security concerns at national level. It allows practitioners to learn about upcoming trends, researchers to share current results, and decision makers to prepare for future developments.

Author : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Publisher : BPB Publications
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789355510297

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Practical Cyber Threat Intelligence by Dr. Erdal Ozkaya Pdf

Knowing your threat actors together with your weaknesses and the technology will master your defense KEY FEATURES ● Gain practical experience with cyber threat intelligence by using the book's lab sections. ● Improve your CTI skills by designing a threat intelligence system. ● Assisting you in bridging the gap between cybersecurity teams. ● Developing your knowledge of Cyber Intelligence tools and how to choose them. DESCRIPTION When your business assets are threatened or exposed to cyber risk, you want a high-quality threat hunting team armed with cutting-edge threat intelligence to build the shield. Unfortunately, regardless of how effective your cyber defense solutions are, if you are unfamiliar with the tools, strategies, and procedures used by threat actors, you will be unable to stop them. This book is intended to provide you with the practical exposure necessary to improve your cyber threat intelligence and hands-on experience with numerous CTI technologies. This book will teach you how to model threats by gathering adversarial data from various sources, pivoting on the adversarial data you have collected, developing the knowledge necessary to analyse them and discriminating between bad and good information. The book develops and hones the analytical abilities necessary for extracting, comprehending, and analyzing threats comprehensively. The readers will understand the most common indicators of vulnerability that security professionals can use to determine hacking attacks or threats in their systems quickly. In addition, the reader will investigate and illustrate ways to forecast the scope of attacks and assess the potential harm they can cause. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Hands-on experience in developing a powerful and robust threat intelligence model. ● Acquire the ability to gather, exploit, and leverage adversary data. ● Recognize the difference between bad intelligence and good intelligence. ● Creating heatmaps and various visualization reports for better insights. ● Investigate the most typical indicators of security compromise. ● Strengthen your analytical skills to understand complicated threat scenarios better. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR The book is designed for aspiring Cyber Threat Analysts, Security Analysts, Cybersecurity specialists, Security Consultants, and Network Security Professionals who wish to acquire and hone their analytical abilities to identify and counter threats quickly. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Basics of Threat Analysis and Modeling 2. Formulate a Threat Intelligence Model 3. Adversary Data Collection Sources & Methods 4. Pivot Off and Extracting Adversarial Data 5. Primary Indicators of Security Compromise 6. Identify & Build Indicators of Compromise 7. Conduct Threat Assessments In Depth 8. Produce Heat Maps, Infographics & Dashboards 9. Build Reliable & Robust Threat Intelligence System 10. Learn Statistical Approaches for Threat Intelligence 11. Develop Analytical Skills for Complex Threats 12. Planning for Disaster

Author : John Soldatos,Isabel Praça,Aleksandar Jovanović
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1680838229

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Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence for Critical Infrastructures Security by John Soldatos,Isabel Praça,Aleksandar Jovanović Pdf

Modern critical infrastructures can be considered as large scale Cyber Physical Systems (CPS). Therefore, when designing, implementing, and operating systems for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), the boundaries between physical security and cybersecurity are blurred. Emerging systems for Critical Infrastructures Security and Protection must therefore consider integrated approaches that emphasize the interplay between cybersecurity and physical security techniques. Hence, there is a need for a new type of integrated security intelligence i.e., Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence (CPTI). This book presents novel solutions for integrated Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence for infrastructures in various sectors, such as Industrial Sites and Plants, Air Transport, Gas, Healthcare, and Finance. The solutions rely on novel methods and technologies, such as integrated modelling for cyber-physical systems, novel reliance indicators, and data driven approaches including BigData analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some of the presented approaches are sector agnostic i.e., applicable to different sectors with a fair customization effort. Nevertheless, the book presents also peculiar challenges of specific sectors and how they can be addressed. The presented solutions consider the European policy context for Security, Cyber security, and Critical Infrastructure protection, as laid out by the European Commission (EC) to support its Member States to protect and ensure the resilience of their critical infrastructures. Most of the co-authors and contributors are from European Research and Technology Organizations, as well as from European Critical Infrastructure Operators. Hence, the presented solutions respect the European approach to CIP, as reflected in the pillars of the European policy framework. The latter includes for example the Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive), the Directive on protecting European Critical Infrastructures, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Cybersecurity Act Regulation. The sector specific solutions that are described in the book have been developed and validated in the scope of several European Commission (EC) co-funded projects on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), which focus on the listed sectors. Overall, the book illustrates a rich set of systems, technologies, and applications that critical infrastructure operators could consult to shape their future strategies. It also provides a catalogue of CPTI case studies in different sectors, which could be useful for security consultants and practitioners as well.

Author : Jean Nestor M. Dahj
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781800208285

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Mastering Cyber Intelligence by Jean Nestor M. Dahj Pdf

Develop the analytical skills to effectively safeguard your organization by enhancing defense mechanisms, and become a proficient threat intelligence analyst to help strategic teams in making informed decisions Key FeaturesBuild the analytics skills and practices you need for analyzing, detecting, and preventing cyber threatsLearn how to perform intrusion analysis using the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) processIntegrate threat intelligence into your current security infrastructure for enhanced protectionBook Description The sophistication of cyber threats, such as ransomware, advanced phishing campaigns, zero-day vulnerability attacks, and advanced persistent threats (APTs), is pushing organizations and individuals to change strategies for reliable system protection. Cyber Threat Intelligence converts threat information into evidence-based intelligence that uncovers adversaries' intents, motives, and capabilities for effective defense against all kinds of threats. This book thoroughly covers the concepts and practices required to develop and drive threat intelligence programs, detailing the tasks involved in each step of the CTI lifecycle. You'll be able to plan a threat intelligence program by understanding and collecting the requirements, setting up the team, and exploring the intelligence frameworks. You'll also learn how and from where to collect intelligence data for your program, considering your organization level. With the help of practical examples, this book will help you get to grips with threat data processing and analysis. And finally, you'll be well-versed with writing tactical, technical, and strategic intelligence reports and sharing them with the community. By the end of this book, you'll have acquired the knowledge and skills required to drive threat intelligence operations from planning to dissemination phases, protect your organization, and help in critical defense decisions. What you will learnUnderstand the CTI lifecycle which makes the foundation of the studyForm a CTI team and position it in the security stackExplore CTI frameworks, platforms, and their use in the programIntegrate CTI in small, medium, and large enterprisesDiscover intelligence data sources and feedsPerform threat modelling and adversary and threat analysisFind out what Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) are and apply the pyramid of pain in threat detectionGet to grips with writing intelligence reports and sharing intelligenceWho this book is for This book is for security professionals, researchers, and individuals who want to gain profound knowledge of cyber threat intelligence and discover techniques to prevent varying types of cyber threats. Basic knowledge of cybersecurity and network fundamentals is required to get the most out of this book.

Author : Richards J. Heuer Jr.
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483312026

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Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr. Pdf

In this Second Edition of Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis, authors Richards J. Heuer Jr. and Randolph H. Pherson showcase fifty-five structured analytic techniques—five new to this edition—that represent the most current best practices in intelligence, law enforcement, homeland security, and business analysis.